Lower food tax, 'Guns in trunks' among new laws now in effect

Most of them are minor adjustments to existing laws affecting everything from taxes to health care.

Among the notable changes is a reduction in the state sales tax on food, moving it from 5.25 percent down to 5 percent.

Another measure will reform Tennessee's wholesale beer tax. Brewers will now be taxed by the volume produced instead of the price of their products.

Other changes include a law allowing handgun permit holders to keep their guns in cars at all times, the 'Jacob Nunley Act,' which requires all incoming public college students to receive meningitis vaccines, and a measure that allows home-schooled students to participate in public school athletic programs.

One of the most hotly debated issues on Capitol Hill takes effect on Monday. The so-called "Guns in Trunks" law will allow permit holders to leave their guns in their cars are work. Permit holders willMore >>

One of the most hotly debated issues on Capitol Hill takes effect on Monday.More >>